My Model 11 is in great shape but fails to feed 1/2 the time when fired. Sometimes I think it may be the carrier spring because when it fails, a tug back then release of the bolt handle clears it fast every time.

It seems like the shell carrier isn't making it all the way up. It also does this sometimes when the bolt is to the rear, a round is slapped into the ejection port properly onto the carrier and then the bolt released.

The gun is clean and lightly oiled but malfunctions with both lighter and heavy loads no matter how the rings are set. Thanks for reading this and please advise.

By the way, it was a presentation gift to someone when it was new back in 1927 and I won it on Auction Arms from JackTheDog - and wish it could talk!

I had written about the tossing the shell on the carrier, but I missed that you had already tried...Evelyn Wood has been the bane of my existence...

I do believe that if the carrier fails to raise the shell with the bolt locked back and tossing one in, then you have it sussed out...There may be wear to the point it will not raise far enough also...

I believe it may be the carrier spring, but also if my failing memory serves, there is a metal on metal wear point that might be the issue...Seems as though I remember in the distant past hearing of a bead of weld and judicious filing having been the cure...Without disassembling mine, I can't remember where the wear point is...

CRS is as bad as speed reading and missing entire sentences...

Pretty sure the spring is the same through all the permutations of the A5 and clones...At least according to Midway:

You're supposed to start with your rings set to heavy, and no lube whatsoever on the mag tube...If light loads cycle, leave it alone...If they do not, then go to the light load setting of the rings...If it still will not cycle reliably, then Browning used to recommend straight 30 weight non-detergent oil sparingly on the mag tube...

None of this explains why it will not lift a shell with the bolt locked back when the button depressed...

Thanks Salmoneye and wildfowl4444. The gun fails to feed 1st round loaded manually wildfowl4444, but he has even tried a thin coat of regular old Hoppes gun oil and military "Grease, Rifle" on the mag tube.

Try changing the friction ring. You might not be getting enough 'push' back to the action. See if a local gunsmith is familiar with the Model 11. I no longer have my old set of directions but the most common failure on an11 is having it set for the wrong ammo. I used to have a Model 11 riot gun and loved it. Wish I still had it.

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